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Guide to Deducting Travel, Meals and Entertainment Expenses


Total Credits: 4 including 4 Taxes - Technical

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ACPEN Industry Institute |  IRS Approved |  Tax
Faculty:
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
4 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

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Description

This program will explain the new rules for deducting travel, meals and entertainment expenses and the TCJA disallowance of business entertainment expenses.  Documentation requirements and planning opportunities related to travel, entertainment, and automobile expenses will also be addressed. 

**Please Note:  If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Gain insight on the "big picture" in this complex area
  • Distinguish the rules of determining travel and entertainment expenses

Major Subjects
  • Recent tax legislation, rules and developments impacting travel and meals expense reporting
  • Adequate accounting rules for reimbursements, including accountable plans, going paperless, reimbursement for non-deductible expenses
  • Reporting travel expenses: travel status, simplified per diem
  • "Directly related to" and associated with" tests
  • Facility vs. activity expenses
  • 9 exceptions to Section 274
  • Business meals: IRS Notice 2018-76

Course Materials

Faculty

Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD's Profile

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Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD, is a lively and energetic speaker on the subject of taxes and ethics, and has extensive experience in leading discussions for conferences, seminars and webinars. He is a highly rated speaker and seminar leader for state CPA societies and other organizations throughout the country.

Van Der Aa has more than 25 years of experience, including tax practice in CPA firms and the practice of transactional business and real estate law as an attorney. His practice concentrated on the tax needs of closely held businesses, with their related pass-through entities, complex individual returns, estates and trusts.

Van Der Aa taught for 10 years as an adjunct instructor and for one year as assistant professor of accounting and taxation for Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business, where he taught in both the undergraduate and MST programs.


Dates

Mon, May 05, 2025 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CDT
Tue, May 27, 2025 - 05:00pm to 09:00pm CDT
Thu, Jun 05, 2025 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CDT
Sat, Jun 07, 2025 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CDT
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CDT
Sat, Jul 05, 2025 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CDT
Fri, Jul 25, 2025 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CDT
Tue, Aug 05, 2025 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CDT
Mon, Aug 25, 2025 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CDT
Fri, Sep 05, 2025 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CDT
Thu, Sep 25, 2025 - 06:00pm to 10:00pm CDT
Tue, Oct 07, 2025 - 06:00pm to 10:00pm CDT
Sat, Oct 25, 2025 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CDT
Wed, Nov 05, 2025 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CST
Tue, Nov 25, 2025 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CST
Fri, Dec 05, 2025 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CST
Sat, Dec 06, 2025 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CST
Wed, Dec 24, 2025 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CST
Mon, Jan 05, 2026 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CST
Sat, Jan 24, 2026 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CST
Thu, Feb 05, 2026 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CST
Wed, Feb 25, 2026 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CST
Thu, Mar 05, 2026 - 02:00pm to 06:00pm CST
Wed, Mar 25, 2026 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CDT
Tue, Apr 07, 2026 - 06:00pm to 10:00pm CDT
Sat, Apr 25, 2026 - 10:00am to 02:00pm CDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Advanced Preparation None
Course Developer

Van Der Aa Tax Ed, LLC


Designed For Practitioners, members in industry, or personnel responsible for payroll tax reporting or determining and reviewing travel and entertainment deductions
Yellow Book No
Original Recording Date

05/25


Prerequisites Basic working knowledge of business expense reporting
Date Added to Catalog 3/15/2025

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